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Lady GaGa Vs. Cathy Horyn

Just like Christina Hendricks before her, Lady GaGa is firing back at fashion critic Cathy Horyn in her latest memo for V magazine.

For those not in the know, Horyn had this to say about the singer's Edge of Glory music video:

"She looked embalmed in the black Versace harness (apparently from Gianni Versace's final collection), and I don't know why Donatella Versace said she was honored by Gaga's selection, unless, of course, she thought she had to say something nice about the superstar. But a D.O.A. video doesn't help the House of Versace. Be choosier, Ms. Versace."

And here's GaGa's response:

In the age of the Internet, when collections and performances are so accessible to the public and anyone can post a review on Facebook or Twitter, shouldn’t columnists and reviewers, such as Cathy Horyn, employ a more modern and forward approach to criticism, one that separates them from the average individual at home on their laptop? The public is certainly not stupid, and as Twitter queen, I can testify that the range of artistic and brilliant intellectuals I hear from on a daily basis is staggering and inspiring. In the year 2011, everyone is posting reviews. So how does someone like Ms. Horyn separate herself from the online pack?

The reality of today’s media is that there are no echelons, and if they’re not careful, the most astute and educated journalists can be reduced to gossipers, while a 14-year-old who doesn’t even have a high school locker yet can master social media engines and, incidentally, generate a specific, well-thought-out, debatable opinion about fashion and music that is then considered by 200 million people on Twitter. Take Tavi Gevinson. She’s 15, and Rodarte created an entire project inspired by her. Her site is thestylerookie.com. I adore her, and her prodigious and well-written blog is the future of journalism. The paparazzi has similarly been usurped by the camera-toting everyman. That magical moment of the movie star posing in front of the Metropolitan Museum is no longer so magical. Now everyone has a fucking cell phone and can take that same fucking picture.

Why do we harp on the predictability of the infamous fashion critic? The predictability of the most notoriously harsh critics who continue writing their notoriously harsh reviews? Why give the elephant in the room a peanut if it has already snapped its trunk at you? That peanut was dead on arrival. To be fair, Ms. Horyn, the more critical question to ask is: when did the pretense of fashion become more important than its influence on a generation? Why have we decided that one person’s opinion matters more than anyone else’s? Of all the legendary designers I have been blessed to work with, the greatest discovery has been their kindness and their lack of pretense. They care not for hierarchy or position. They are so good, and so precise, that all that matters to them while they’re pinning their perfectly customized garment to my body is the way it makes me feel. Perhaps the pretension belongs in formaldehyde. And the hierarchy is embalmed — for us all to remember nostalgically, and honor that it once was modern, but is now irrelevant. Peanut.

Thoughts???

[Image via WENN & AP Images.]

Lady GaGa Snakes Out Of The Chateau Marmont

After a short stay in El Lay, Lady GaGa bid her fans adieu this weekend.

Still rocking her long blonde tresses, Gagaloo left the Chateau Marmont on Saturday afternoon in a yellow Versace snakeskin print cocktail dress and velvet Louboutins.

We're loving her Donatella moments!

Are U???

[Image via Ramey Pix.]

Lady GaGa Channels Donatella

Lady GaGa's still having her Versace moment.

The singer emerged from a recording studio on Melrose in the wee hours of Friday morning looking Donatella-tastic in a one-shoulder Versace flower print dress, her custom Christian Louboutin velvet Daffodile platform heels and sunnies.

She even had the less leathery Donatella tan to match!

[Image via Michael Wright/WENN.]